AZERO.LIVE, a monitoring and alerting platform powered by the Aleph Zero Ecosystem Funding Program.
This article will divided into 4 parts: The Problem, The Solution, The Team, and The Conclusion, so make sure to begin from the start (The Problem) before moving on to the other parts. With the intro out of the way, let's get started!
The Problem:
Most blockchains often have block explores built specifically to track transactions that were recorded on the blockchain, which validator verifies a block on the network, keep's track of the number of validators on the network, how many nominators are on a validator, etc. This is good and all, but there isn't a way for the average user to keep track of each validator's activity and performance on the blockchain. Some of the activities that aren't enabled on such block explorers include real-time monitoring and alerting systems that can deliver critical network data and can notify users of any outages/downtimes of a validator, any missed blocks, any staking and unstaking events, and tracking the differences in nomination and staking increases or decreases.
On top of this, there isn't a way for users to select a validator on a block explorer and discover some of the other technical details that they might want to know, like finding out the number of nominators that have recently staked and unstaked with the validator, the validators uptime and reliability since inception, which nominator has the biggest stake on the validator, and setting up alerts to keep track on any updates about the validator.
The Solution:
AERO.LIVE is a real-time monitoring and alerting system that delivers critical network data to the Aleph Zero community and ecosystem partners. With AZERO.LIVE, its main purpose is to help newer and existing users stay updated about the Aleph Zero network as well as to supply convenient monitoring data and alerts.
Users can also expect to confidently navigate the Aleph Zero network by setting up alerts and being notified of important events such as validator downtime, commission changes, staking and unstaking events, and wallet transfers.
Below are all of the features that AZERO.LIVE has to offer to the community and ecosystem partners:
Community Stakes, Network Stats & Market Cap - At the top of the AZERO.LIVE page, you'll be able to see the percentage ratio of the validator stakes on the Aleph Zero network, and this ratio determines how decentralized the Aleph Zero network is (as of writing 11/11/2023, the Aleph Zero network IS decentralized, with a stake of 55.52% from the community stakes and 44.48% from the Aleph Zero Foundation stakes).
You'll also be able to discover the current stats of the Aleph Zero network, where you'll see the percentage of the total AZERO supply that's been staked, the number of AZERO holders on the Aleph Zero network (or 'hodlers' as known in the crypto space), the number of AZERO that has been staked overall, how many nominators and validators are on the Aleph Zero network, and how many eras have been met.
On top of this, you'll see the price chart for AZERO as well as the market cap for AZERO in the past 24 hours, which displays the current price, the market cap and fully diluted market cap, the volume for AZERO, the circulating supply for AZERO, and the total supply for AZERO.
Finally, you'll be able to set up a free alert by typing in your email address so you'll be sent any alerts about what your validator might be experiencing.
Staking Watcher - Discover the major bond and unbonding events that have occurred during the past 14 days.
Top Nomination and Stake Increase/Decrease - Discover, in the current era, the top 3 validators on the Aleph Zero network that have gained or lost nominators (biggest to smallest) and have increased or decreased their stake size (biggest to smallest).
Validators by Stake Cap - Track down what rank each validator currently holds on the Aleph Zero network, which displays the commission of the validator, the uptime of the validator, the number of days the validator has been up for, the total stake of the validator, the validators own stake, the number of nominators staking on the validator, and the next total stake the validator is expected to receive.
Recent Performance & Commission Changes - Discover the most recent validator performance and commission changes (biggest to smallest).
If you would like to check each validator on the Aleph Zero network, however, you can simply select one by clicking on their name when you find them on the website (it will be colored a light blue when you hover around the name). From there, you can see the name of the validator (you'll even see their unique on-chain AZERO.ID domain at the top as well as seen in the image below), their unique validator wallet, their website (if they have one), and even their social media accounts too. You can also follow them by tying in your email address to receive alerts about the validator that you've selected as well as sharing the validator with your friends who wish to stake their AZERO onto a validator. In terms of technical stats about each validator, you'll be able to find:
Reliability - Find out if this validator is reliable amongst the AZERO community or not.
Uptime - Find out the percentage of the validator's uptime from the past 30 days since inception.
Commission - Find out how much this validator charges the nominator with its commission fee.
Status - Find out if this validator is active or not.
Blocks created - Find out how many blocks this validator has produced on the Aleph Zero network.
Sessions engaged - Find out how many sessions have been engaged with this validator.
Eras validating - Find out how many eras have been validated with this validator.
Total stake - Find out how much AZERO has been staked to this validator.
Next total stake - Find out the percentage of the next stake that'll be added to this validator.
Nominations - Find out how many nominators have chosen to stake their AZERO with this validator.
Next nominations - Find out the next number of nominators that'll be staking with this validator.
Finally, at the bottom of this validators page, you'll be able to see the list of nominators that have staked their AZERO to the validator, which shows the:
Status of this nominator (if they're staking or not),
The public Aleph Zero address this nominator has primarily chosen to use to stake their AZERO,
The amount of AZERO staked to the validator,
The number of days this nominator has staked with this validator, and
The amount of stake share this nominator has with the validator, which is measured by a percentage as shown in the image below.
The Team:
Lil Rookie:
AZERO.LIVE’s founder and main developer is Lil Rookie. He is known as an early supporter and OG of Aleph Zero, and has helped strengthen the network as a validator back when the network was opened to community nodes. As an expert in Rust engineering, he announced and launched the AZERO.LIVE project back in early Feb 2023. Since then, the team has grown in size, with many of them having expertise in UI and engineering. His team currently runs and maintains the AZERO.LIVE platform, as well as the corresponding validator on the Aleph Zero network, called 'AZERO.LIVE'. If you would like to contact him, consider sending him a message either on Discord (he can mainly be found on the official Aleph Zero and AZERO.ID Discord servers) or you can reach out to the team on the AZERO.LIVE Twitter/X account, with the link being found in the References section at the end of this article.
The Conclusion:
In conclusion, AZERO.LIVE is a real-time monitoring and alerting service that helps conveniently deliver any critical network data to the Aleph Zero community and ecosystem partners. With AZERO.LIVE being added to the Aleph Zero EFP not too long ago, this can massively improve the project for the long term in terms of funding, future integrations & partnerships, improved updates and visuals to the dashboard, bringing in more quality team members to the team, and more. If you would like to know more about AZERO.LIVE, please consider checking out their website as well as their Twitter/X account, which can be found below in the References section of this article.
References:
Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/AZERO_LIVE
Website - https://azero.live/
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